I was surprised, but probably shouldn’t have been, to learn that DeWitt Township is actually a Charter Township. I knew that Delta and Meridian were charter townships, but didn’t know about DeWitt or, for that matter, Delhi. In Michigan, incorporating as a charter township gives a township some protection against being annexed. It’s almost always motivated by not wanting to pay city taxes. There is also a city of DeWitt, which is surrounded by the charter township but is independent of it. I’ll probably dig up the city of DeWitt’s sidewalk code in a later post.

Anyway, this is the latest in my series of posts on metro Lansing municipalities’ sidewalk stamp ordinances (or lack thereof). I don’t have much to say this time, but I found the DeWitt Township sidewalk construction code and I’m sorry to report that it does not contain anything about stamping the sidewalk with the contractor’s name.